Google Desktop Search versus Microsoft Windows Search

Written by by Mike Banks Valentine © October 17, 2004


or "Honey! Have you Seen My Keys, Glasses, Tivo Remote?"

Google Desktop Search Software can't find your lost keys or tell you where you leftrepparttar Tivo remote control, or that your glasses are on top of your head, where you left them. Butrepparttar 107633 beta software from Google Labs is nothing short of mandatory for those with more emails, Word documents, Powerpoint, Excel and PDF files than they know what to do with. That's me.

New fixtures in our lives can become near necessities pretty quickly. You know, likerepparttar 107634 Tivo remote when you want to skip repetitive loud jingles in commercials. I've even begun to start reaching for that Tivo remote out of habit when I've missed an important news item onrepparttar 107635 car radio! Wait, Back up!

I'll grin as I catch myself doing this, while wondering why that Tivo functionality isn't built into our new car radio. My wife has told me she doesrepparttar 107636 same thing. Now I believe I've been just as spoiled & smitten by Google Desktop Search!

Once you installrepparttar 107637 software at http://desktop.google.com/ and try it a few times, you'll be hooked. In fact, if you're like me, you'll wonder how you got along without it! My wife is less impressed, but she also said to me, "I KNOW where stuff is on my computer!" That's because she only has emails and occasional Word documents and photos on her machine and knows where each of them are stored.

Those of us who userepparttar 107638 computer all day long, every working day, have multiple folders, long lists of emails, downloaded files, emailed receipts from online purchases, ebooks, PDF's, spreadsheets, client information and files, PowerPoint files, and web pages we've visited while doing work all day long.

Have you tried usingrepparttar 107639 Windows built-in search lately? The search function is accessed by clickingrepparttar 107640 "Start" button, where you seerepparttar 107641 option "Search" and then options including "For Files or Folders", then "On The Internet", then "Using Microsoft Outlook" and "For People". Clearly, you must know where your lost item MIGHT be & decide to search only there.

Your choices expand and you choose where to look from among MORE places your lost item MIGHT be found so Windows knows where to look. Choose from among "Look for Files or Folders Named" and then "Containing Text",repparttar 107642 infuriating "Look In" choices "My Documents" and "Desktop" and "My Computer" and "Local Hard Drives (C)", and inexplicably - "Browse"! Might as well do that first by opening every folder and browsing!

My experience has been that I don't remember where it is, and THAT is why I need to search for it! And most often, Windows search function fails to find what I've misplaced - BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE IT IS, SO CAN'T TELL WINDOWS WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT! That is certainly NOT a useful search tool.

Google has completely resolved this problem and eliminated my frustration with Google Desktop Search Software. It's a 400k application that takes less than a minute to download on a dial-up modem! This powerful tool is tiny, fast and nothing short of amazing in it's functionality.

The first thing you see after installation is completed is a note in your browser window that says "Indexing has Begun" or something similar. I tried to use Google Desktop Search to findrepparttar 107643 cached page of that window, but it didn't turn up. I went to their "Help" pages and found that it's because I am using FireFox Browser and "Web pages which you view in Firefox aren't added to your Desktop Search index". They apologize and promise future Mozilla Firefox support.

But Desktop Search does show you cached copies of every web page you've visited in Explorer and search result pages showrepparttar 107644 Title of each page, along with a thumbnail sized image of those pages torepparttar 107645 right of those results!

Think Inkjet - Unleash Your Imagination

Written by Niall Roche


Add unlimited dimension to creative crafts with your computer, inkjet printer and specialized media. Inkjet printing opensrepparttar door to thousands of colors. Why print them all on white paper? If you can think it… you can inkjet!

Unleash your imagination. Specialty papers are justrepparttar 107632 beginning of endless media alternatives to standard printer paper. High-resolution photo papers in glossy and matte finishes transform family photos into enduring memories. Parchment and confetti papers add elegance and personalization to text printing, making treasured gifts and display items out of your favorite writings and adding warmth and cordiality to your invitations and greeting cards. As wonderful as these papers are, they are onlyrepparttar 107633 beginning of what you can do with a little imagination and your inkjet printer.

Metallic inkjet media is available in gold, chrome, and silver. Although metallic inkjet media accepts print in either color or black and white, generally black and white prints will present better on gold. If you print yellow on silver metallic media, it will look like a gold inlay. Orange printed on silver looks like bronze.

This transformation takes place betweenrepparttar 107634 ink andrepparttar 107635 media so you don’t have to apply difficult text and photo manipulations to achieve elegant results. Add dazzling effects to photos and text with holographic film. The base color of holographic media is silver. Holographic film reflectsrepparttar 107636 full color spectrum and presents your print project in a rainbow of colors, changing along withrepparttar 107637 angle of view.

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